All my thoughts: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
I feel as if I gave up a piece of my soul when I finally closed this novel — folded it and placed it within the pages among my endless scribbled annotations that filled the margins to the brim.
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Annotate with me: Emma by Jane Austen (1-10)
After 10 chapters, I gotta say … I’m actually enjoying this book. It’s a bit of a disaster. A car accident that you cannot look away from. I think the other two Austen novels I’ve read have taken themselves too seriously, which removed me from the story on the basis of frivolousness. Emma is very…
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Annotate with me: Emma by Jane Austen (11-20)
After 10 more chapters, my opinion holds up that I’m enjoying this much more than I thought I would. It’s taking me a while to get through this novel because life is busy, but when I do get time to read, I’m surprised by how I can fly through these chapters.
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Annotate with me: Emma by Jane Austen (21-30)
“Human nature is so well-disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.” Volume II, Chapter 4 (22) Hey everyone 🙂 We are continuing on with annotating Emma by Jane Austen, and oh boy am I fully invested in the…
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Annotate with me: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gatsby is Gatsby.
A flawless classic, really.
I haven’t read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in its entirety since high school, and I forgot just how incredible it is. It’s such a fundamentally sound book with a perfect rise-climax-fall plot line, imagery that’s so beautiful it’s chilling, symbolism that runs so deep these…
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Annotate with me: “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson
That being said, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson wasn’t one of my favorite pieces of gothic literature.
I appreciated the writing, the structure, the elements that moved the story and the themes sprinkled throughout; but I think so much of the allure of Jekyll & Hyde relies…
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